Impact of target volumes and radiation technique on loco-regional control and survival for patients with unilateral cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown primary

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-487

  Ligey, A ^a   Gentil, J ^a   Crehange G ^a   Montbarbon, X ^b   Pommier, P ^b   Peignaux, K ^a   Truc, G ^a   Maingon, P ^a  

^a CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^b CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

Author keywords

Bilateral radiotherapy; Lymph node metastases; Squamous cell carcinoma; Unilateral radiotherapy; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70449644879     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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